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From 1968 to 2018: Angela Davis on Freedom Struggles Then and Now, and the Movements of the Future. By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
We Are All Riders on the Same Planet. By Matthew Myer Boulton and Joseph Heithaus / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (December 31) – Happy New Year
Featured – The Kernel of Human (or Rodent) Kindness. What we can learn from lab rats that don’t show empathy for other rats. By Henry…
Were black voters bamboozled by Russia? It’s nowhere near that simple. By Chauncey DeVega / Salon
Democrats Plan Separate Fix For Voting Rights Act To Make Chief Justice Roberts Happy. By Paul Blumenthal / HuffPost
FIRST STEP Act must be a stepping stone to much more aggressive reform. By Inimai Chettiar and Ames Grawert / USA Today
After more than 200 attempts, the Senate has finally passed anti-lynching legislation. By P.R. Lockhart / Vox
Lebron Concludes NFL Owners Have a ‘Slave Mentality’, NFL Owners Dispute This Notion By Demonstrating Exactly That. By Jay Connor / The Root
The policing of black hair in sports. By Martenzie Johnson / The Undefeated
Trump Administration Scraps Guidance That Protects Students From Racist Discipline. By Rebecca Klein / HuffPost
Fighting Rent-to-Own Racism This Christmas. By Aaron Ross Coleman / NYT
White Identity Politics Aren’t Going Anywhere. By Thomas B Edsall / NYT
The Enduring Russian Propaganda Interests in Targeting African-Americans. By Jelani Cobb / The New Yorker
Race Inquiry Digest (December 27) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – We Are All Riders on the Same Planet. Seen from space 50 years ago, Earth appeared as a gift to preserve and cherish. What…
It’s time to face the facts: Racism is a national security issue. By Gwen Ifill / Wash Post
Russia and Republicans attempt to suppress black vote, but Russians are slicker. By Joe Davidson / Wash Post
Senate Passes Bipartisan Criminal Justice Bill. By Nicholas Fandos / NYT
Meet New York’s Letitia James: Why Donald Trump’s worst legal nightmare is not Robert Mueller. By Alex Henderson / AlterNet
The Quiet Crisis Killing Black Women. By Mellissa Jeltsen / HuffPost
The State Where Black Women Are Twice as Likely to Die of Cervical Cancer as White Women. By Michelle Chen / HuffPost
What was Michelle Obama thinking after Trump’s inauguration? ‘Bye, Felicia.’ By Allyson Chiu / Wash
Steven Spielberg on Storytelling’s Power to Fight Hate. By Adam Popescu / NYT
Roma Is Only the Latest Movie From a Latin American Director About His Family’s Domestic Worker. By Inkoo Kang / Slate
58 Jazz Giants in One Immortal Image. By John Leland / NYT
Race Inquiry Digest (December 24) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – The Enduring Russian Propaganda Interests in Targeting African-Americans. By Jelani Cobb / The New Yorker
Overlooked No More: Elizabeth Keckly, Dressmaker and Confidante to Mary Todd Lincoln. By Nancy Wartik / NYT
